Chapter 6 Partnerships
6.1 The Global Evaluation Initiative The GEI is an inclusive global partnership committed to developing country-owned, sustainable M&E frameworks and capacities to promote the use of evidence in public decision-making, enhance accountability and achieve better results. Initiated by the IEO and the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank, the partnership brings together a diverse coalition of governments, evaluation entities of multilateral and bilateral development organizations, other international and local development institutions, and M&E experts. They pool financial and technical resources to coordinate and expand M&E efforts globally.20 Since its launch in November 2020, the GEI has developed into a strong and effective partnership, bolstered by members’ dynamism and commitment to collaboration. Twenty members now actively participate in its Implementation Committee. In September 2021, the GEI global team opened its offices in Brussels. A UNDP IEO adviser based there is leading GEI’s first business line on developing a culture of evidence-informed decision-making.
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GEI technical, financial and implementing partners include intergovernmental and international organizations (the GEF, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, UNFPA and the World Food Programme); international financial institutions (the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and the Islamic Development Bank); bilateral partners (Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland); evaluation practitioners’ networks (EvalYouth) and evaluation capacity development providers (the Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results, the International Program for Development Evaluation Training; the École nationale d’administration publique, Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, the German Institute for Development Evaluation and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation).
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